Houston Ship Channel open to barges, ships continue to queue

10:02 AM MDT | March 25, 2014 | Clay Boswell

The US Coast Guard reopened the Houston Ship Channel to barge traffic this morning, but Galveston Bay remains closed to shipping, according to local reports on 25 March. The harbor, which includes the ports of Houston, Texas City, and Galveston, has been closed since 22 March, when a barge and ship collided, releasing up to 168,000 gal of bunker fuel oil into the water....